Light-driven peristaltic pumping by an actuating splay-bend strip

Klaudia Dradrach; Michał Zmyślony; Zixuan Deng; Arri Priimagi; John Biggins; Piotr Wasylczyk

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37445-5

Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

Light-driven peristaltic pumping by an actuating splay-bend strip

Klaudia Dradrach,
Michał Zmyślony,
Zixuan Deng,
Arri Priimagi,
John Biggins,
Piotr Wasylczyk

Affiliations

Klaudia Dradrach: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Michał Zmyślony: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Zixuan Deng: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University
Arri Priimagi: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University
John Biggins: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Piotr Wasylczyk: Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37445-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Small-scale manipulation of liquids is being controlled with bulky pumps or power sources. Dradrach et al. show a light-driven pumping of micro-liter liquid using a centimeter-long liquid crystal elastomer strip.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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